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Tom Gunn John Barrell Neville Shute

Ah, yes!

Ping Pong Hugh Smellie Stinker Murdoch

Would this be it?

Skinnay Ennis The Thin Man Myrna Loy

Attila Zoller Hans Koller Margaret Tye

Fritz Chrysler Ford Maddox Ford Ian Carr

As with musical tastes, it's all a matter of generation. Count me in as another Eagle man. I missed out on the first few numbers, but was sold them a few weeks later at an extortionate price by a schoolmate (this at the age of 10!). Surprised I haven't heard of him since, but he probably changed his name to Branson!

Fergus Wilson Maynard Ferguson Massey Ferguson Art Farmer Piers Plowman Jack Shepherd

Mr McHenry Macavitty Macca The Dirty Mack Brigade Joseph Kagan Steve Coogan

Matt Dillon Dylan Zebedee

Edmund Burke Jeremy Hunt Nils Pratley

We shall remember them!

Pete Jolly Robin Hood and His Merry Men Friar Tuck

Ah yes, the author, with Alun Morgan, of Modern Jazz, a formative book of my youth.

Angelina Jolie (from Girl Interrupted) Dom Joly (dressed up as...) Tintin Captain Haddock Mr Kipper Vincent Herring

Hmm. Never noticed that before but then I haven't studied those records in depth and know the music only casually. But I'll ask Marcus Belgrave about this when I have the chance. Since you are on an Eddie Jefferson kick, are you hip to this video made in Chicago just a few days before he was killed here in Detroit? Poor reproduction here, but a fantastic young accompanying trio -- pianist John Campbell, bassist Kelly Sill, drummer Joel Spencer. (All good friends of mine.) Eddie is out there ... sometimes I really dig it when it's focused; sometimes I think it's ridiculous. But it's something else, and that's usually worth celebrating. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6781312547407999306 Thanks for the video. I didn't know about the circumstances of Eddie Jefferson's death and found his Wikipedia entry interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Jefferson

Luke Skywalker Johnny Walker The March Hare

Joe Fingers Carr Tom Thumb Hop o' My Thumb

Don't forget that that world is bought into by over 2 million people every day. Agreed.

J Arthur Rank Master Bates The Huancas

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/13/oldest-comic-the-dandy-faces-closure

Keter Betts (hoping for a good win) Michael Winner Steve Race

Yes, I really enjoy Buddy's work on piano and vibes on these albums: Re the Shearing connection, this is another favorite: